NEUROPLASTCITY AND HOW THINGS YOU DO CAN CHANGE YOUR BRAIN

Intro Video

Silent LaunchSilent LaunchExpectationsExpectationsThis activity should be…•Silent•Independent

•Work until I say stop•Be ready to share your answers

ExpectationsExpectationsThis activity should be…•Silent•Independent

•Work until I say stop•Be ready to share your answers

• Respond to this question: Do you think people are born smart or

they work to get smart? Why? Take a stand!

What is “What is “malleable malleable intelligenceintelligence?”?”

Students’ View of IntelligenceStudents’ View of Intelligence Can Improve Grades Can Improve Grades

•Using the guided reading handout, read the article independently.

•Be prepared to discuss.

What do you know about neuroplasticity?

Neuroplasticity

• Neuro + Plastic = Mold Neurons

• The potential the brain has to adapt and create new neural pathways.

• Fine tune your brain to meet your needs.

• Radio station metaphor.

The Human BRAIN!!!!!The Human BRAIN!!!!!

What it really looks like…What it really looks like…

This is what’s happening inside your head This is what’s happening inside your head RIGHT NOW!!RIGHT NOW!!

How did Lebron get so good at basketball?How did Lebron get so good at basketball?

How do gymnasts make it to the How do gymnasts make it to the Olympics??? And win gold medals?Olympics??? And win gold medals?

How did Ansel Adams become a How did Ansel Adams become a legendary photographer?legendary photographer?

Muscle cells are working hard for these people…

How do babies learn to speak?How do babies learn to speak?

• Language learning begins in the womb at 7 month.

• 4 ½ months after birth recognize speech patterns.

• 6 months baby knows words mommy and daddy and can relate them to her parents.

• 18 months understands basic structure of language.

Malleable Intelligence TheoryMalleable Intelligence TheoryMalleable Intelligence TheoryMalleable Intelligence TheoryMalleable: means that

you can shape or change something

Intelligence: means your ability to learn, reason, and problem

solveTogether this means that if you routinely exercise the brain “muscle,”

then you can shape, change, and increase your ability to learn.

EXERCISE your brain and you WILL get EXERCISE your brain and you WILL get smarter.smarter.

What exercises could you practice to improve your photography skills?• Refine your vision.

• Take more photographs. (10 shots, 1 subject)

• Analyze photographs you love.

• Take a camera everywhere.

• Try new techniques and make mistakes.

INTELLIGENCE is a LEARNED quality INTELLIGENCE is a LEARNED quality and can be cultivatedand can be cultivated

• Psychologists who study creative geniuses point out that the single most IMPORTANT factor in creative achievement is willingness to put in a tremendous amount of HARD WORK and to sustain this effort in the face of CHALLENGES!

Many people believe that you are born with a Many people believe that you are born with a certain LEVEL of intelligence!certain LEVEL of intelligence!

• This is FALSE and one of our most DANGEROUS beliefs.

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Results based on survey given to all Photography II classes.

Only YOU CAN set the limits on Only YOU CAN set the limits on how much you can learnhow much you can learn

• As humans we don’t like to be CONFUSED. We get frustrated at what we don’t understand.

• But we tend to LIKE what we do understand.

• UNDERSTANDING any subject in school or any skill you are developing is something you must work at to accomplish.

Michael Jordan was cut from his Michael Jordan was cut from his High School basketball teamHigh School basketball team

• But he didn’t QUIT• Success is GUARANTEED

if you NEVER GIVE UP!• If you don’t understand

something, keep going until you get it 100%

• Like Michael Jordan, you MUST be willing to keep going, even when you don’t get it the first, second, or third time.

Don’t be afraid to make mistakes...

we grow from our failures.

Famous Failures• Thomas Edison: Conducted experiments on his concepts

9,000 times before creating the light bulb.• Post It Notes: A scientist at 3M Company was working on a

super strong adhesive and failed...instead he created the reusable adhesive that was later utilized as sticky notes.

• Chocolate Chip Cookies: Ruth Wakefield who owned Toll House Inn was trying to make her chocolate cookie recipe and realized she was out of chocolate. She broke sweet chocolate into cookie dough, hoping it would melt into the cookie while baking...instead she invented chocolate chip cookies.

• Colonel Sanders: His famous chicken recipe was rejected 1,009 times before a restaurant accepted it.

Work Cited

• Denver Fellow Resources

• Mindsets in the Classroom by Mary Cay Ricci